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now the big guy comes up to bat, hitting .342 with 92 rbis and 36 homers. [fans whirring] [ding] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." i am gloria borger. candy crowley is off today. and joining me from south dakota, mr. san de, i have to ask you off the bat. you have been listening out there this morning. what is your reaction to what you are hearing from mitch mcconnell and senator schumer? >> great news. sounds like we will avoid a crisis. $3 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years is more than what i would have expected. if they follow-through on that it's great news. it gets us close to the fiscal responsibility, and that's what we need to get to to restore stau stainability in the fiscal responsibility. if they pull it off i think we will be in good shape. >> how do you think the markets will react? >> very positively. i think the markets expect they will get som
now the big guy comes up to bat, hitting .342 with 92 rbis and 36 homers. [fans whirring] [ding] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." i am gloria borger. candy crowley is off today. and joining me from south dakota, mr. san de, i have to ask you off the bat. you have been listening out there this...
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i don't think we should act like this is a big food fight. hit a healthy debate and it should go on. >> you may think it is a healthy debate but i don't think most americans are privy to that. ey see that nothing has been done and here we are at the 11th hour and snoi agreemethere is s agreement. i mean it is almost august 2nd and the markets open in a few hours. did it really to take this long? that's the frustration if they had just got all together and talked like that, then maybe the process wouldn't take as long. let's talk more about this whole process. harry reid signed on to the deal. given what you know about the deal, are democrats getting anything done out of this? >> are democrats getting anything done? right now? well, they're getting one thing. we know this. they're going to get it extended beyond president obama's next election cycle. you can say that is the most important thing to democrats now. they lost on substance on most of the points. so, again, they got that going for them. they get to push it beyond the 2012 election.
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i think it's also important to take note that one of the big issues that the white house has had with the house republican plan and what's really been seen as an area that needed to be negotiated and really could be the thing that could lead to a break-through on a deal is this idea of if you're going to have a two-part increase in the debt ceiling that would take the debt ceiling through the next election, november 2012, it was really how you tied that second increase in the debt ceiling after several months. the whouts senate democrats didn't like the way house republicans were doing it. they felt like it would have led to some sort of chaotic situation like we've seen with all of this back and forth over increasing the debt ceiling. they would have seen that again somewhere around the new year and didn't want to do that. they're looking at really that sort of seam, if you will, in the contempt of of this framework to maybe work it out in a way that is more amenable to the white house and to democrats. >> brianna keilar at the white house live for us tonight. cnn is dedicated to pro
i think it's also important to take note that one of the big issues that the white house has had with the house republican plan and what's really been seen as an area that needed to be negotiated and really could be the thing that could lead to a break-through on a deal is this idea of if you're going to have a two-part increase in the debt ceiling that would take the debt ceiling through the next election, november 2012, it was really how you tied that second increase in the debt ceiling after...
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that can create big problems. you're avoiding them or avoiding the conversation. >> you're avoiding them. so if you need information make sure you focus on the content more than the emotion. the person might annoy you. you need to have the conversation. when you go into it don't allow them to draw you into their drama. if they're having little slights don't worry about it. you know what the outcome is you want. get the information. focus on the content. don't get dragged into the emotion. >> stick to the point. and e-mail. sit really the best way to communicate that message or would another mode of communication be more effective? you're asking yourself that if something really went wrong, you know, you guys just didn't meet in the middle with the communication, and now you've got to reflect, i don't know, was the e-mail the best way in which to convey my message? >> we overuse e-mail sometimes. you can't communicate everything by e-mail. i've gotten e-mails before where i'm like what the heck did they mean by thi
that can create big problems. you're avoiding them or avoiding the conversation. >> you're avoiding them. so if you need information make sure you focus on the content more than the emotion. the person might annoy you. you need to have the conversation. when you go into it don't allow them to draw you into their drama. if they're having little slights don't worry about it. you know what the outcome is you want. get the information. focus on the content. don't get dragged into the emotion....
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the big question we have is where are revenues in all this? we can talk about that in a minute. let's take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> the clerk will call the roll. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> we're taking a look at the picture of the senate floor. the senator from maryland is speaking right now. we just heard from the senate majority leader, harry reid, who told us that he believes they are close to an agreement, which is something that senate mitch mcconnell told us earlier today. i'd like to play for you now, while we're waiting to hear from senator mitch mcconnell on the senate floor, something gene sperling, the director of the national economic council, told me. he said that tax cuts are not on the table for about a year and a half. let's take a listen. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i know you're working around the clock
the big question we have is where are revenues in all this? we can talk about that in a minute. let's take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> the clerk will call the roll. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> we're taking a look at the picture of the senate floor. the senator...
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>> he's the big key to getting a deal between the president and the leaders. he is not the key to getting the vote in the house of representatives. mitch mcconnell is important. you have the republican house that is resisting a deal with the president and resisting raising the debt limit. you need republicans to move forward, but mitch mcconnell has shown a willingness much more f. he and a senior leader can make a deal t becomes more difficult for republicans to block it in the house. they will lose the republicans anyway. remember, john boehner passed the his plan that has no chance of going forward in the senate. it has debt limit increase on passage of a balanced budget amendment which is not going to happen. mitch connell can try to move that process along, but john boehner has to figure out how to get to a majority in the house. that's why nancy pelosi is relevant again as well as members of the caucus. >> this passage of a budget amendme amendment, if that's not put in there in some shape or form whether tied to raising the debt ceiling or a side bar, w
>> he's the big key to getting a deal between the president and the leaders. he is not the key to getting the vote in the house of representatives. mitch mcconnell is important. you have the republican house that is resisting a deal with the president and resisting raising the debt limit. you need republicans to move forward, but mitch mcconnell has shown a willingness much more f. he and a senior leader can make a deal t becomes more difficult for republicans to block it in the house....
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big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >> you should know that what you're doing in washington is affecting everyone on the streets. each -- so many people i talk to every day, including myself. you know, we're really wrestling with the economy. >> americans voicing their concerns about what's going on in washington. breaking news in the debt ceiling debate to tell you about. senate majority leader harry reid has stopped tonight's expected vote on the debt ceiling proposal. the vote is expected sunday afternoon at 1:00 eastern time. mitch mcconnell is negotiating with the white house. democratic leaders met with the president earlier today, as well. also in the nation's capital, teachers rallying against standardized testing. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> they marched to the white house carrying signs with slogans like children are more important than test scores. and i am not the problem. the group says emphasizing standardizing testing takes the focus away
big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >> you should know that what you're doing in washington is affecting everyone on the streets. each -- so many people i talk to every day, including myself. you know, we're really wrestling with the economy. >> americans voicing their concerns about what's going on in washington. breaking news in the debt ceiling debate to tell you...
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not a big one but little one. slight downgrade even if a deal is reached and finally the serious one, which it looks like we're headed towards avoiding is a major downgrade if the u.s. defaults on payments. everybody seems to be saying we heard mitch mcconnell saying we're not headed towards a default. everybody thinks they have a science as to what's going to cause a default and what isn't. the ratings agencies, fred, have not been fantastic at doing their work. we know this from 2008, from the layman brothers debacle. we may not have dodged a downgrade entirely but may have dodged the worst of it. the us has never been anything but aaa since the first rating by moody's in 1917. most pay to be rated by the way. the u.s. does not pay to be rated. we pay $250 billion at the federal level in interest payments every year. that of course is what would go up if we lost the rating, fred. >> this past week, aali, the dow dropped 500 points or so, so if no deal by today and once the asian markets do open up, if it's about
not a big one but little one. slight downgrade even if a deal is reached and finally the serious one, which it looks like we're headed towards avoiding is a major downgrade if the u.s. defaults on payments. everybody seems to be saying we heard mitch mcconnell saying we're not headed towards a default. everybody thinks they have a science as to what's going to cause a default and what isn't. the ratings agencies, fred, have not been fantastic at doing their work. we know this from 2008, from...
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. >> just how big is the mystery since the highest rating downgraded would be unprecedented. it could cost the u.s. government $100 billion in extra borrowing costs over the term. consumers would also pay. >> we will get back to that in a moment. we wanted to bring you breaking developments. the verdict in the spying trial of two americans that have been held for two years now, you will remember the story. three hikers were arrested two years ago, and iran said they were illegally crossed into iran, and charged them with spying. and one was released and two remained in prison, and they had their day in court in tehran. and now we are told there has been a verdict, but do we know what it is yet? >> reporter: we do not know what the verdict is, but the court had the last session and within one week they will issue the verdict, and according to the attorney for the two that i just talked to, if the verdict is guilty but the sentence is about two years, which is the same time they have served behind bars right now, he was hopeful that would be the case and they would be released.
. >> just how big is the mystery since the highest rating downgraded would be unprecedented. it could cost the u.s. government $100 billion in extra borrowing costs over the term. consumers would also pay. >> we will get back to that in a moment. we wanted to bring you breaking developments. the verdict in the spying trial of two americans that have been held for two years now, you will remember the story. three hikers were arrested two years ago, and iran said they were illegally...
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we don't know really how big this might become. we know there's a fairly good chance this cluster of storms you have on the map might become a named storm. emily would be the next one. don was a bit of a dud. maybe emily will but you never know, this might be something it could be, maybe the best next to katrina. you never know. these storms form and veer off to the north and usually avoid much of the islands in some of the east coast. there's always the scenario we could see this take a trajectory, make affect the leeward or windward islands. there's also the chance it could thread the needle, go into the gulf of mexico. everything bears watching and that's what we're going to do with this particular system, again, as we speak, it is about 100% chance, the national hurricane center believes, 100% chance this will become a named storm. meanwhile in terms of storms, we might see plenty of them in parts of the northern plains today. all the components are there, the high humidity, with that we also have a lot of heat. that could help
we don't know really how big this might become. we know there's a fairly good chance this cluster of storms you have on the map might become a named storm. emily would be the next one. don was a bit of a dud. maybe emily will but you never know, this might be something it could be, maybe the best next to katrina. you never know. these storms form and veer off to the north and usually avoid much of the islands in some of the east coast. there's always the scenario we could see this take a...
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. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian official. they were arrested along the iran/iraq border fortress passing and spying for the u.s. today's news dashes hopes they would be released immediately after the day's final hearing in their case. has a best-in-class driving range of over 500 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in pebble beach and the afternoon meeting in los angeles all without running out of gas. just make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with uni
. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian...
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if you could get back up to 15 million cars, it would make a big difference. does this incredible month or two of wrangling in washington and the sense we can't get our house in order and we're so divided, do you think this hurts in a measurable way? >> well, you're right. nature abhors a vacuum and markets abhor uncertainty. uncertainty undermines consumer confidence. consumer spending in our country accounts for about 65% to 70% of the gdp. so when consumers lose confidence, they hesitate, not as bullish, not spending money. it does have an impact on the economy. but there are all sorts of uncertainties. you name one. the oil spikes earlier in this year. we got off to a pretty good start in 2011. then oil spiked above $100 a barrel. that particularly concerned our industry. then there was the tragic earthquake and tsunami in japan. that threw a lot of uncertainty into our industry. so there are all sorts of uncertainty. that's what we get paid to do, is to manage through that. it keeps me awake at night. >> the world you're describing is one where a lot of t
if you could get back up to 15 million cars, it would make a big difference. does this incredible month or two of wrangling in washington and the sense we can't get our house in order and we're so divided, do you think this hurts in a measurable way? >> well, you're right. nature abhors a vacuum and markets abhor uncertainty. uncertainty undermines consumer confidence. consumer spending in our country accounts for about 65% to 70% of the gdp. so when consumers lose confidence, they...
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today is a very big day, alex. >> trust me, i'm not saying it's done at all. many more hours on the air covering this thing and i expect it to be filled with ranglings. thank you, we'll see you next hour. that's for sure. >>> joining me from washington is eleanor cliff, contributing editor for "the daily beast." >> hi, alex. >> how close do you believe they are to an agreement? >> i think they are close enough to an agreement that we're not going to default, that's as far as i go. it looks like they'll pull it off this afternoon, but i wouldn't put that in writing. because i'm -- you know, they have backed away, and it's posturing at this point. the republicans are sounding more optimistic, because they have been looking like they are the obstructionists, so they don't want to look like they are the bad guys, so they are all cheery about the prospects for a deal. and the democrats are saying, we're not so sure, because the -- the background noise for democrats is the president is giving away too much, so they can't look like they are capitulating easily. more
today is a very big day, alex. >> trust me, i'm not saying it's done at all. many more hours on the air covering this thing and i expect it to be filled with ranglings. thank you, we'll see you next hour. that's for sure. >>> joining me from washington is eleanor cliff, contributing editor for "the daily beast." >> hi, alex. >> how close do you believe they are to an agreement? >> i think they are close enough to an agreement that we're not going to...
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this big ridge stays in place and the dry weather is going nowhere. heading up through the lakes, off towards the east. showers and thunderstorms through virginia and the carolinas. that will bring thorps with locally heavy rainfall and spotty showers here for the southern parts of missouri and parts of mississippi early on a sunday morning. a big area of high pressure in the east should keep most of us dry and showers pushing through western new york state for the most part that were dry as we go through the afternoon. sunshine and temperatures above average in the east. we will continue to see the numbers even down near d.c. at 96. further down towards the south, this is afternoon stuff. throw heat on the atmosphere to get us wet weather. showers and showers increase, but mainly dry and sticky in the southern plains. dallas with another 100 degree day. it will continue today, but on through most of the week and out across the midwest. the front coming through with a few showers in places like chicago. >> thanks for the comprehensive report. it was a
this big ridge stays in place and the dry weather is going nowhere. heading up through the lakes, off towards the east. showers and thunderstorms through virginia and the carolinas. that will bring thorps with locally heavy rainfall and spotty showers here for the southern parts of missouri and parts of mississippi early on a sunday morning. a big area of high pressure in the east should keep most of us dry and showers pushing through western new york state for the most part that were dry as we...
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the campaign is that you are elected then you have to shift gears to governing mode and that is as big a shift as killing a deer in the woods and then having to cook it in the kitchen. the tools that you use to kill the deer are different than the ones you use to cook it and serve it. or at least they better be. we have folks that successfully campaigned but don't seem to have made the transition from the woods to the kitchen. in a campaign there is no compromise or negotiation. no recognitioning of the possibility that some of the other candidates might actually have ideas that are better or at least more palatable than you own. it would be you with whic suico open a campaign by saying i think my opponents is plan is good. governing is like the championship game where everyone is trying to win and no one wants to lose. no one holds one of those offices because he was humble and self-less. there is a room full of ego and the air is still with those who need to validate that what they said in the campaign is real. the ones who succeed understand they will lose some battles but have to l
the campaign is that you are elected then you have to shift gears to governing mode and that is as big a shift as killing a deer in the woods and then having to cook it in the kitchen. the tools that you use to kill the deer are different than the ones you use to cook it and serve it. or at least they better be. we have folks that successfully campaigned but don't seem to have made the transition from the woods to the kitchen. in a campaign there is no compromise or negotiation. no...
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you talk to people in speaker boehner's house, this is a big, big win. i don't know how you can deny it at this point. >> first thing, you shouldn't from the perspective of a ration al person, we shouldn't be talking about spending cuts at l now. we had 9% unemployment. these spending cuts are going to worsen unemployment. it's even going to hold the long-run fiscal picture. we have a situation where more and more people are becoming long-term unemployed. if you have a situation that permanently raises the unemployment rate. which is what this is going to do, that's actually going to reduce future revenues. the spending cuts are going to hurt the long-run fiscal situation. then on top of that. budget cuts that are entirely -- basically the p they well blow up the world economy unless you give us what you want and the president says, okay. that's what happens. >> you've been consistent when you said there should be no gets at a time of recession and weak recovery. what is your scenario once this goes through and there's significant spending cuts and no re
you talk to people in speaker boehner's house, this is a big, big win. i don't know how you can deny it at this point. >> first thing, you shouldn't from the perspective of a ration al person, we shouldn't be talking about spending cuts at l now. we had 9% unemployment. these spending cuts are going to worsen unemployment. it's even going to hold the long-run fiscal picture. we have a situation where more and more people are becoming long-term unemployed. if you have a situation that...
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big cheers for the newlyweds, the duke and duchess of cambridge. for this wedding the pressure was off. the bride and groom are relative unknowns outside the u.k. zara phillips is the queen's line to the throne. her husband mike tindall is the captain of england's rugby team. the palace said it would be a private occasion. >> no place the queen and william and kate are attending can be wholly private. not with the world's press outside. >> reporter: there were no cameras in the church. not like in april when 2 billion people around the world got front row seats. this time only 400 guests were invited, and the public wasn't openly encouraged to line the streets. they may have chosen edinborough because of this road, the royal mile. it's so narrow it limits the crowd size. three months ago in london they had 2 million spectators for william and kathryn's wedding. here they're expecting about 1500. but there were some people you couldn't keep away. >> a lot of people say that royal family -- the monarchy is a thing of the past. >> no, no. don't you be
big cheers for the newlyweds, the duke and duchess of cambridge. for this wedding the pressure was off. the bride and groom are relative unknowns outside the u.k. zara phillips is the queen's line to the throne. her husband mike tindall is the captain of england's rugby team. the palace said it would be a private occasion. >> no place the queen and william and kate are attending can be wholly private. not with the world's press outside. >> reporter: there were no cameras in the...
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i think he could fix the big government, fix the big banks, and then what you have to do is ask for regulatory reform. you will unleash the entrepreneurial industriousness of the american people. if you do not, we will continue to be dragged down by entities that are antiquated on the 20th century model that can be applied successfully in the 21st century. i think that is one of the things. other thing is, obviously, we are a country at war. we have men and women defending our freedom and expanding it to others in foreign fields. the ads this has to have a comprehensive strategy not only for dealing the conflict in which we find ourselves but supporting freeway -- freedom movements in places like iran or the opponents of the regime in syria so that this terror- sponsoring states can peacefully implode like the soviet union did because of the people's aspirations for freedom. i continue to think and continue to point out as people are increasingly starting to realize, that the people's republic of, is a reliable model of governance and a threat to american prosperity and security because it is
i think he could fix the big government, fix the big banks, and then what you have to do is ask for regulatory reform. you will unleash the entrepreneurial industriousness of the american people. if you do not, we will continue to be dragged down by entities that are antiquated on the 20th century model that can be applied successfully in the 21st century. i think that is one of the things. other thing is, obviously, we are a country at war. we have men and women defending our freedom and...
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these big changes, big cuts in programs, and going forward that are going have repercussions for a lot of people. this really is unprecedented. here in washington the tendency is to think we'll get a deal at the last minute. this time feels a little different. i'm not sure we're going to get a deal at the last minute. we'll to see what happens at 1:00 a.m. >> you made a great point. when it comes down the debt ceiling everybody was on opposite side. now they've come on to common ground realizing there's no choice it needs to be raised. however what you bring bullpen the cuts and other things that's going on inside are really the sticking points but will reid be able to get the republican support that he needs to move forward or does all of this fall apart? >> well, you know, he's trying to bridge a nine-foot gap with a six-foot bridge. it's hard to imagine the package that is going to be okay with senate democrats and will get through the senate, and is also going to be okay with the tea party republicans or even enough of the republican caucus to provide the votes in the house to get
these big changes, big cuts in programs, and going forward that are going have repercussions for a lot of people. this really is unprecedented. here in washington the tendency is to think we'll get a deal at the last minute. this time feels a little different. i'm not sure we're going to get a deal at the last minute. we'll to see what happens at 1:00 a.m. >> you made a great point. when it comes down the debt ceiling everybody was on opposite side. now they've come on to common ground...
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so that's quite a big "if" there. there's a lot of trust he still think he has with progressives moving into an election maybe because he think everyone's going to get spooked on his side by the choice in an election because this deal right now, the embarrassing piece of it for him is that he.we went out a week a there is no trigger mechanism. the compelling piece is all for republicans to sign on, not for -- democrats to sign on, not for republicans. >> trying to put lipstick on this for some progressive who think it is a pig when he said deep pentagon cuts, the threat of it, is something that can motivate republicans and frankly we are actually seeing many members of the republican party speak up on that issue. >> well, look. the fact is democrats needed something to say that they got some skin in this or got something out of it so they looked and said, well we'll say pentagon on one side, and democrats are tossing medicare in there. when you look at those two things, nobody really wants those two things to be cut.
so that's quite a big "if" there. there's a lot of trust he still think he has with progressives moving into an election maybe because he think everyone's going to get spooked on his side by the choice in an election because this deal right now, the embarrassing piece of it for him is that he.we went out a week a there is no trigger mechanism. the compelling piece is all for republicans to sign on, not for -- democrats to sign on, not for republicans. >> trying to put lipstick...
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that's a pretty big chip to pull out. and i disagreed with that. and we -- >> what do you mean by that, do you think? >> i think when you understand the material, you understand it. and when you don't get it, you might think that i'm negative towards my own people. >> also strikes me as strange. i've met jay leno, five or six times on his show. he's always been unbelievable courteous. comes back, chat, cup of coffee, have a laugh and yet he seems to attract, from all of his competitors, extraordinary amount of antipathy. >> there's not a -- there's not a union of super heroes amongst late night talk show hosts. i just met david letterman really for the first time i did his show. i waited 28 years to do it. i've known conan for a while. i know jimmy kimmel, craig ferguson. to a man, i think one thing we agree on is we're all not crazy about jay leno. >> why is that? >> i don't know. i think in our own personal dealings, some people get along and some people don't. >> is he much more competitive than people realized, do you think? >> i don't -- you k
that's a pretty big chip to pull out. and i disagreed with that. and we -- >> what do you mean by that, do you think? >> i think when you understand the material, you understand it. and when you don't get it, you might think that i'm negative towards my own people. >> also strikes me as strange. i've met jay leno, five or six times on his show. he's always been unbelievable courteous. comes back, chat, cup of coffee, have a laugh and yet he seems to attract, from all of his...
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for years networks have been paying for big interview. they deny it, saying they're providing licensing fees for photos or videos, but it's a fig leaf and everyone knows it. abc news has been one of the worst offenders paying casey anthony $200,000 shortly before she was indicted in the murder of her young daughter and $10,000 to $15,000 to meagan broussard, one of her online pals. but this week i learned abc is getting out of the checkbook business under pressure from chris cuomo, who did the interview, the network is banning payments except perhaps in extraordinary circumstance. spokesman ben sherwood says the payments have become a crutch. will other networks follow suit or score more exclusives with abc out of the pay to play game? >>> here's what bothers me about the latest coverage of piers morgan. i don't have a clue if he had knowledge of phone hacking when he was the daily editor. but they've convicted him with very little evidence, such as when he was asked about the nasty down in the gutter stuff in a 2009 interview with bbc ra
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fredricka, this is a big move. this is a very big moment and a very big development in these debt talks that have been at a stalemate for longer than they have been moving forward at this point, fredricka. >> the video we were seeing is the kind of crush of photographers trying to run up to harry reid as he was leaving one of the offices there. i think you described the last time we spoke that he didn't say anything during that moment. this new development, you're just now learning off camera, in an off camera moment. now, there was also to be a conference call that was going to be called today with house speaker john boehner. is that still on schedule? >> reporter: as far as we know, this is a conference call that house speaker john boehner, the top republican in the house, that he has planned to have with his republican members in the house. as far as we know, that conference call is still on. we haven't gotten a real read of exactly what time that conference call will be. of course, at this point we're now very
fredricka, this is a big move. this is a very big moment and a very big development in these debt talks that have been at a stalemate for longer than they have been moving forward at this point, fredricka. >> the video we were seeing is the kind of crush of photographers trying to run up to harry reid as he was leaving one of the offices there. i think you described the last time we spoke that he didn't say anything during that moment. this new development, you're just now learning off...
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i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about right now -- people are talking about, "what about a corporate tax holiday?" all of these corporations are off shoring hundreds of billions of dollars because they have to pay taxes to bring it back to the u.s. we will let them bring it back at 5 cents on the dollar, and maybe they'll use it to create jobs. they are already sitting on literally billions of dollars in profits that they are not spending. or another payroll tax cut. again, same problem. i do not see how that will create jobs in corporations are already making record profits
i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about...
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big crowd of everyone. hi, everybody. where are you guys from? >> maryland. >> you having fun here at "today" show? >> having a gd a time. >> let's check thed weather and see what's going on. of course, in texas and pretty hot in maryland andth in thend tropics, getting kind of active. we have a new tropical wave now moving towards martinique. the next tropical storm in the atlantic, which would be emily. still hot there and very, very dry. bone dry with temperatures in the 90s to near 100 degrees. i think i got it. >>> good morning. this is meteorologist nick o'kelly looking at a live golden gate ecc1: bridge where we've got the san francisco marathon going on. it looks like the -- well, we've got a couple of lane of traffic also open but factor that into your travel plans. it could get a little backed up. here's your forecast. low clouds and fog. it's going to be a little slow to clear. this afternoon outside chance of a thundershower south and east of the bay area. ck to the southeast again today. and now here's lester. >> janice, thanks. >>>
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the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are going to see now at the top of the tower. this is the steam room on the top of the state st. francis. -- on top of the state francis. the equipment you see painted green, that is all the original equipment from 1972. we are just now in the middle of modernizing this equipment. >> why modernize? doesn't the equipment works fine? >> it does, it is of analog and intensive, and there are some additional controls. let me introduce the foreman to you. this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what are you doing? >> we are doing a major modernization. we are tearing out the old system, logic controls, and generator controls, and we will be going over to solid state. this is not your standard selector. it does not have a tape that runs it.
the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are going to see now at the top of the tower. this is the steam room on the top of the state st. francis. -- on top of the state francis. the equipment you see painted green, that is all the original equipment from 1972. we are just now in the...
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that is the big challenge ahead of us. you just don't think of raw sewage in waterways in a developed country, and yet, that's what we have, and not just in pittsburgh, but all over. narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the consequences of the choice that was made to put in combined sewer systems. narrator: in 1994, the government adopted a combined sewer overflow policy to reduce csos nationwide. cities with combined sewer overflows now face an enforcement action called a consent decree. under a consent decree, a city must reduce pollution levels significantly within a strict time frame or face heavy fines. in 1960, the combined sewer overflows were a perfectly legitimate way of dealing with sewers. woman: the mind set was that, what did it matter if we wer
that is the big challenge ahead of us. you just don't think of raw sewage in waterways in a developed country, and yet, that's what we have, and not just in pittsburgh, but all over. narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the...
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just this week, he got some pretty big news. he has signed on to play with the new york giants, the nfl. >>> competition is also a way of life for doug henry, a four-time national motocross champion. he's been riding bike since 4 years old. at age 38 he had an devastating accident during practice which left him paralyzed. you know what, that wasn't enough to keep him off the track. doug henry's racing career has taken him to incredible heights and devastating lows. he's been inducted into the american motorcycle association's hall of fame and won dozens of medals and trophies over the years. incredible heights and devastating lows. he's been inducted into the american motorcycle association's hall of fame and won dozens of metals and trophies over the years. look closely, you'll see this bike is modified with a bar and strap that help him stay on. that's because four years ago the unthinkable happened. and he was paralyzed. >> when i hit the wall between the bike, you know, i was stuck between the bike, you know, it was the end.
just this week, he got some pretty big news. he has signed on to play with the new york giants, the nfl. >>> competition is also a way of life for doug henry, a four-time national motocross champion. he's been riding bike since 4 years old. at age 38 he had an devastating accident during practice which left him paralyzed. you know what, that wasn't enough to keep him off the track. doug henry's racing career has taken him to incredible heights and devastating lows. he's been inducted...
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twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the facts we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7 billion here, go through the senate with vast majority votes only to go nowhere. because the allowance for the debate on the underlying bills was stopped. the bills were pulled. so what do we do? well, the first thing we do is we look at what the problems are. what are the problems? we have a hundred different programs with a hundred sets of bureaucracies for surface transportation alone. why do weo that? why haven't we fixed it? that's a question the american people ought to be asking. we have 82 programs
twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the facts we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion here,...
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constantly check them and then do what's necessary to rehabilitate or repair, you're going to have a big problem. and they're going to collapse. they're going to fail. and all of a sudden, the water, or the sewage that normally goes through them, will not have any place to go. it'll back up into homes, it'll back up onto the street. it's normally out of sight, out of mind. once it comes to the surface, it's a whole 'nother animal. melosi: you're talking about system-wide problems that would take tremendous human resources to correct. this is true with drinking water, as well as wastewater. man: first, our top story. thousands of people are without water tonight. woman: a flash flood of the manmade kind. apparently, a 12-inch pipe burst. take a look behind me. this water main break shut off water to 2,200 residents. woman: how many breaks are you working on right now? we have 24 breaks working right now. man: in our company, washington suburban sanitary commission, we had 479 water main breaks in february -- the most ever, for any february. man: this 10-inch water main in willard park is
constantly check them and then do what's necessary to rehabilitate or repair, you're going to have a big problem. and they're going to collapse. they're going to fail. and all of a sudden, the water, or the sewage that normally goes through them, will not have any place to go. it'll back up into homes, it'll back up onto the street. it's normally out of sight, out of mind. once it comes to the surface, it's a whole 'nother animal. melosi: you're talking about system-wide problems that would...
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. >> you have to read on this, but the one big thing is that sarah has not been summoned back for a court appearance. perhaps that means something. they are trying to figure this out by looking at all the things surrounding b the issue. they don't have a reason to believe they will be released. >> it would be nice to put that in the news. >> thank you don. >>> well sources say there is significant progress in washington tonight. in a last minute stab at compromise, it appears there is some movement toward a debt deal. we are just three days away from that august 2 deadline to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a government default. jessica stone is in washington on the plan emerging right now. jessica. >> reporter: good evening, ann. senate republicans, we're told that tox between senate republicans and the white house are showing incredible promise. so much so that senate majority leader, harry reid, has postponed a vote to give the talks more time. behind the scenes negotiations at the white house saturday night gave some hope that congress will strike a deal. senate majority leader, harr
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war hero, trust buster, canal builder, big stick wielding diplomat. but he deserves another title as well. he may have been football's most indispensable fan. thank you. [applause] >> i know john will take questions from the. it's interesting to hear roosevelt with a light touch. surprisingly. i also thought immediately in the beginning of your detroit lions discussion that they epitomize the discussion of instead as i have always understood. keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result. but the redskins are getting close. if you have any questions for john, please raise your hand. the microphone will come to you. questions from the football audience? >> thank you very much. my name is bill black. did you mission that the ncaa was born out of this meeting? >> yes. >> to the other sports, a long after this? >> so, so football was governed by a rules committee from years. the walter camp of course helped organize, dominate throughout the 1880s, the 1890s. but there was a rules committee that had representatives from the major schools. ever
war hero, trust buster, canal builder, big stick wielding diplomat. but he deserves another title as well. he may have been football's most indispensable fan. thank you. [applause] >> i know john will take questions from the. it's interesting to hear roosevelt with a light touch. surprisingly. i also thought immediately in the beginning of your detroit lions discussion that they epitomize the discussion of instead as i have always understood. keep doing the same thing and expecting a...
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there will be -- education will take big hits with the pell grants. to achieve the so-called cuts they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> we cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficit, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue side. all of the pain is coming from the cuts. you are still leaving those tax cuts to the wealthy untouched, still living subsidies in for the oil companies untouched. everything to the poor folks and middle-class folks, they bear the brunt of it. >> met monday this week -- "my view is we should have a president who agrees to cut, cap, and balance the budget" -- mitt romney. >> he does not want to get too far out on a limb in the spirit in the grand bargain, there were revenue increases, closing loopholes that nobody wants to defend, except for grover norquist, who is having an incredible amount of power in this debate. there's a counter intuitive thing here. you have to spend some to get out of
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in india old geezer made a big move to join beaver to. the gateway to the grand jury trial in the george western. new can of worms we're told. to go. run to the colonel was her job as a retreat. thousands have gathered means around demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in protest which some observers say mirrors the demonstrations which have been our world here. the country is the bank robber george good number is. another one to resolve the u.s. debt crisis and prevent default falls apart as the republican controlled house of representatives rejected the democrats' bill some tuesday's deadline looms even closer. and an assessor veterans gathering in the stadium to celebrate the nazi past causes an outrage with antiphon just activists saying allowing such a balance could lead to more outrages like the massacre in a way that a week ago. you saw russia and around the world this is us he was me you thanks for joining us israel has become the latest middle east country to see nationwide anti-government protests with t
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if conspiracy theories are big here, they're big in the middle east. there's less critical thinking time, more of a theocracy and democracy. so that's part of it. although i'm constantly amazed at what people believe in america. i was on my book tour just after jesse ventura was touring with his bow, 63 document they don't want you to read. they are on the internet for free. come on. jesse has never met a conspiracy to my. this is the problem. if everything is a conspiracy, nothingness. something might be conspiratorial so i tend to be skeptical about the conspiracy theory if it involves world domination by 12 guys that i read called the illuminati, probably not true. watergate was a conspiracy. that makes sense. lincoln was assassinated by here's a. jfk probably not. almost certainly not. although he did have a moment of pause. i have to study watching the hbo film too big to fail based on the today to go hasn't seen
if conspiracy theories are big here, they're big in the middle east. there's less critical thinking time, more of a theocracy and democracy. so that's part of it. although i'm constantly amazed at what people believe in america. i was on my book tour just after jesse ventura was touring with his bow, 63 document they don't want you to read. they are on the internet for free. come on. jesse has never met a conspiracy to my. this is the problem. if everything is a conspiracy, nothingness....
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all but big support you need and because european union has been so long and weak for whom i was. almost the only child of the right. which is rising now you're not going to like you know really really give one example of. annual meetings of notes veterans have become a new tradition in the baltic states but in law to have by a court decision international critics say it's an attempt to rewrite the history of world war two commemorating those who fought with hitler back in two thousand and seven the stimulus has removed a monument to solve its soldiers who liberated the country from nazi occupation a move which sparks nevada protests. and you can find out more of world war two history on our new documentary channel that's all team deep a collection of original accounts investigations and other footage from the time brings you the stories of the bloodiest conflict in history and this suffering of those who lived and died through it so i go. home to find out more. little journalism a lot of p.r. there the frequent findings of recent media seve's in the u.s. has newspapers across the
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well you can see it at the now is under big pressure here wasn't prepared for some kind of movement at the moment actually our biggest fear is that not only our being so afraid of what's going to happen we'll start a war somewhere. because the situation in israel where used to be part of the big war zone where no well if you talk about the way we live because we're always there pressure we are always under threat and that's what people want to change now they want to say ok so there are right and we are in a very very big problem with the countries around us and with the palestinians but still there are things that we have to solve and the situation was out of this road also related to what happened here between our between our citizens and of course our correspondent in israel paula see it will be updating us on developments in tel aviv and for the very latest you can follow us on twitter at underscore combe where she is posting her call there and her latest tweet saying the demonstrators have been chanting that israel is a police state and security forces moved to arrest several demo
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so there was a big fight. saul bellow had made one of my favorite memories and the festival were the opening ceremony was the public library, and because norman mailer had in many people's views invited secretary of state george shultz to deliver the opening address, not long after he made a statement supporting the apartheid regime in africa which meant the south african writers boycotted the event. because he was there there was a in almost presidential level of security around the public library, and we all had to bring various forms of id and he forgot to bring his ied. and this was actually quite soon after he won the nobel prize so there was an extraordinary fight and i saw him on the chair like this outside the entrance not being allowed in on till norman mailer camera panned vouched for him. you can just imagine how much he had enjoyed being vouched for. the nobel laureate was. so it was a very contentious time, but one of the reasons it was contentious is all of us believed the public role of the writ
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focus on the stupid stuff now but the big savings come from making small changes now that over the next 30 years make significant savings in the entitlement programs. >> and you always have been an optimist about this stuff while i'm a pessimist. >> i'm a long-term are optimist. >> steve you get the last word. >> i guess i would say that i'm a long-term optimist because i believe that one of the ways out of this is by restraining spending to get the economy going again because eventually we will grow our way out of this and not spend our way out of this. >> i hope you are right. >> we hope. >> we certainly need growth to do it. thank you steve and grover. >> thank you. >>> coming up, i'll show you that i can cut the budget so there is no debt crisis. it can be done. it was created with the power of verizon 4g lte. introducing the lightning-fast, 10-inch samsung galaxy tab. stay up to date, entertain yourself, and enrich your knowledge like you've never imagined. only at verizon. built so you can rule the air. we taxpayers must be suckers. we gave the politicians more than $2 trillion an
focus on the stupid stuff now but the big savings come from making small changes now that over the next 30 years make significant savings in the entitlement programs. >> and you always have been an optimist about this stuff while i'm a pessimist. >> i'm a long-term are optimist. >> steve you get the last word. >> i guess i would say that i'm a long-term optimist because i believe that one of the ways out of this is by restraining spending to get the economy going again...